娱乐 娛樂 yú lè to entertain / to amuse / entertainment / recreation / amusement / hobby / fun / joy syn 乐趣 樂趣 lè qù delight / pleasure / joy syn 快感 kuài gǎn pleasure / thrill / delight / joy / pleasurable sensation / a high 愉悦 愉悅 yú yuè joyful / cheerful / delighted / joy / delight syn 欢心 歡心 huān xīn favor / liking / love / jubilation / joy 幸灾乐祸 幸災樂禍 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) / fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude syn 开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn 欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng to be wild with joy (idiom) syn 销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy / rapture / to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow syn 满腔 滿腔 mǎn qiāng one's heart filled with / full of (joy) syn 不亦乐乎 不亦樂乎 bù yì lè hū lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) / fig. (jocular) extremely / awfully syn 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss 喜怒哀乐 喜怒哀樂 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4] syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated syn 兴冲冲 興沖沖 xìng chōng chōng full of joy and expectations / animatedly syn 欢天喜地 歡天喜地 huān tiān xǐ dì delighted / with great joy / in high spirits syn 喜气洋洋 喜氣洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng full of joy (idiom) / jubilation syn 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 喜形于色 喜形於色 xǐ xíng yú sè face light up with delight (idiom) / to beam with joy syn 喜乐 喜樂 xǐ lè joy 欢悦 歡悅 huān yuè happiness / joy / to be happy / to be joyous syn 欢声 歡聲 huān shēng cheers / cries of joy or approval 眉开眼笑 眉開眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom) / beaming with joy / all smiles syn 得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy syn 消魂 xiāo hún overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) / to feel transported 喜洋洋 xǐ yáng yáng radiant with joy syn 否极泰来 否極泰來 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) syn 悲喜交集 bēi xǐ jiāo jí mixed feelings of grief and joy syn 莫可名状 莫可名狀 mò kě míng zhuàng indescribable (joy) / inexpressible (pleasure) syn 禧 xǐ joy 谑 謔 xuè joy / to joke / to banter / to tease / to mock / Taiwan pr. [nu:e4] syn 地狱 地獄 dì yù hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution / karma syn 解脱 解脫 jiě tuō to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries syn 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 法师 法師 fǎ shī one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) syn 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 转世 轉世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) 轮回 輪迴 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 佛教 fó jiào Buddhism syn 清净 清淨 qīng jìng peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) syn 正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn 西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn 乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn 前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn 恶果 惡果 è guǒ evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism) syn 菩萨 菩薩 pú sà (Buddhism) bodhisattva syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 罗汉 羅漢 luó hàn (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1luo2han4]) syn 禅宗 禪宗 chán zōng Zen Buddhism syn 玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn 蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 彼岸 bǐ àn the other shore / (Buddhism) paramita syn 前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn 大千世界 大韆世界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) syn 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 衣钵 衣缽 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 劫数 劫數 jié shù predestined fate (Buddhism) syn 前尘 前塵 qián chén the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) syn 大我 dà wǒ the collective / the whole / (Buddhism) the greater self syn 信佛 xìn fó to believe in Buddhism 佛门 佛門 fó mén Buddhism syn 善男信女 shàn nán xìn nǚ lay practitioners of Buddhism syn 受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders 冤孽 yuān niè sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin syn 佛家 fó jiā Buddhism / Buddhist 阎罗王 閻羅王 yán luó wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn 坐化 zuò huà to die in a seated posture (Buddhism) syn 执着 執著 zhí zhuó to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment syn 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love / sentient beings (Buddhism) 转生 轉生 zhuǎn shēng reincarnation (Buddhism) 菩提 pú tí bodhi (Sanskrit) / enlightenment (Buddhism) syn 大智慧 dà zhì huì great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) 八戒 bā jiè the eight precepts (Buddhism) 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 涅盘 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) nirvana 山门 山門 shān mén monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery 外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 峨眉山 é méi shān Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 罗刹 羅剎 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food 阎罗 閻羅 yán luó (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn 无明 無明 wú míng avidya (Buddhism) / ignorance / delusion 入定 rù dìng (Buddhism) to enter a meditative state syn 藏传佛教 藏傳佛教 zàng chuán fó jiào Tibetan Buddhism 面壁 miàn bì to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn 